Love and murder collide when eight hopeful singles gather at Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of matchmaking. But the carefully matched couples immediately dislike each other, and when Maria's greedy partner, Peta, meets an unexpected demise, Constable Hamish Macbeth must solve the puzzling murder. Who among the singles is responsible for the big red apple in Peta's mouth?

Death of a Glutton

In the Scottish Highlands remote village of Lochdubh, in the real county of Sutherland, tall thin red-haired hazel-eyed quietly clever police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth solves murders. Although Lochdubh and neighbouring Strathbane are fictional, other places are real.

Death of a Glutton

M. C. Beaton